Bronson Reed Confirms Tribal Thief Shirt Was Altered Due To Copyright Infringement
Bronson Reed confirms that his Tribal Thief shirt was altered due to copyright infringement.
Bronson Reed confirms that his Tribal Thief shirt was altered due to copyright infringement.
Earlier this year in the midst of Bronson and Roman Reigns’ feud picking up steam, Reed would have a new shirt added to WWE Shop that featured a Tribal Thief logo along with Nike sneakers. However, the shirt would quickly be taken down, with orders being canceled before it would be relisted without the sneakers.
No more shoes on Bronson Reed’s Tribal Thief shirt. WWE got that call from Nike 😂 https://t.co/38Qdb1LBR3 pic.twitter.com/myYuHxPFJO
— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) August 29, 2025
While speaking in a new interview on the Battlegound podcast, Bronson Reed confirmed that the reason the shirt was altered was due to copyright infringement.
“Well, it is still there, still available, but it’s altered. So yes, you can still- you can still buy it, but there was some copyright infringement stuff there that, uh, they had to remove the shoes, which is fair enough. I get it. But, uh, I, I personally was hoping that they’ll just put on some generic shoes. That’s the whole, the whole thing was, I was walking around with people’s shoes around my neck. But they just decided to keep it as the tribal thief logo. So, if I have my way, I’ll make sure that the shirt hopefully can come back out with the shoes on it.”
Elsewhere in the same interview, Bronson spoke about finding out just two days before joining The Vision that the plans were going ahead. You can read more about that here.
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